gilder, frame maker, artist

Frames

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Historic or Contemporary Designs

over thirty years of experience as a frame maker and gilder for artists,

collectors, and museums

The Ice Storm of 1998 hit Northern New England with a furor. The birch trees were hardest hit. This frame is created from a birch tree harvested by my neighbor after it lost its battle with the Ice Storm. The frame features a ring of beads of burnished 12 karat white gold and a convex mirror

4” wide reverse Swan in 23 karat on black clay#690 in 22 karat burnished gold leaf on orange claywhitewashed maple box frame with splined corners4” wide Platform Frame in a custom off white color for a painting by Marsden HartleySilver leaf on a reverse swan profile with a single reed profile sight edge for a painting by Rockwell Kent

4” wide double wedge profile with a running pattern at the height of the frame. Shown in walnut and 22 karat gold leafa one-of-a-kind frame design in cherry with a gilt sight edge created for this apartment in an historic John Calvin Stevens home in Portland, Mainein light blue and 12 karat white gold leaf, this frame was created based on a design seen at Hewnoaks in Lovell, Maine by artist Jessie Volkmade for a painting by Leon Kroll, this Frederick Harer design is finished in 22 karat gold leafA classic profile suitable for historic or contemporary paintings. Shown here around a recent portrait by Tina Ingrahammodern reverse profile in 2o karat moon gold burnished on red clayantiqued 22 karat gold leaf on a cassetta profileshowing two versions of burnished 12 karat white gold leaf: at left with a rub through, at right with no rub-throughContemporary reverse profile for work by MP LandisCarved and incised, burnished 22kt gold leaf based on a design by Vivian AkersA reverse profile picture frame custom made for a painting by Pontormo for the Medici family. This frame was created as a Traveling Frame so the original frame would not have to be shipped with the painting when it goes out on loan to other museums5” wide Carved Spanish Style Frame